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Disabling SSLv3 protocol
by Timo Sirainen 12 Nov '14

12 Nov '14

Since people are now talking about the SSLv3 security hole and how to disable it, here's a thread where you can talk about that. In Dovecot v2.1+ you can disable SSLv3 by setting: ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3 In older versions you'd have to patch the source code. Attached a patch against v2.0. I don't know if there are any clients that would break by disabling SSLv3. I'd expect all the clients to use the system (or otherwise generic) SSL libraries, which would automatically choose the TLS protocol over SSL. So my guess is that unless somebody is using over a 10 year old client there wouldn't be any problems. Maybe some old mobile phones might be using SSL.. If you find out about any clients that require SSLv3 I'd like to know about it. For Dovecot v2.3 I could maybe disable SSLv3 by default if there's no real need for it. (Also: Don't be confused by SSL/TLS protocols vs. SSL port/STARTTLS, as described in http://wiki2.dovecot.org/SSL. For example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_email_clients#SSL_and_TLS_suppo… is irrelevant here.)

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New director features
by Timo Sirainen 12 Nov '14

12 Nov '14

I implemented a couple of larger director changes today. These could still be changed a bit if somebody has any ideas. http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.2/rev/b9df3d654710 Support for director "tags", which allow creating multiple Dovecot backend groups using a single director ring. So you can mark different backend hosts with @tag names and then have passdb lookup return the wanted tag for each user. Note that because director works using user hashes, two users with the same hash can't be in different backend groups. Use "doveadm director map -u user@domain" to see which hash is used by the user@domain. http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.2/rev/b9df3d654710 Added director_consistent_hashing=yes setting so users don't move around much when backend servers are added/removed. Ideally at some point this setting will be removed and directors will automatically switch to it when all the directors in the ring support it.

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Re: Virtual User Authentication
by Joseph Tam 12 Nov '14

12 Nov '14

Jerry <jerry(a)seibercom.net> writes: > Personally, I am not a fan of this multiple file configuration scenario. Then don't use it. Concatenate all the included files together and throw out the settings you don't need. My (single) config file is ~340 lines, 2/3 of which are comments. Joseph am <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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Re: Help with last_login plugin
by Pascal Volk 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

On 11/11/2014 08:55 PM, Jorge Bastos wrote: > Hi, > > > > I want to have a datetime column in my users table, to have the value > updated every time my users login via POP3/IMAP. > > Last_login is new but I don't see any query example, or field names or so. > > > > Does anyone can give an help on this? > This topic was discussed a few days ago. See http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2014-October/098300.html Regards, Pascal -- The trapper recommends today: cafefeed.1431522(a)localdomain.org

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Help with last_login plugin
by Jorge Bastos 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

Hi, I want to have a datetime column in my users table, to have the value updated every time my users login via POP3/IMAP. Last_login is new but I don't see any query example, or field names or so. Does anyone can give an help on this? Thanks,

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FTS-Solr: indexer-worker does not find mailbox
by Marc Stürmer 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

Greetings, I am running Dovecot v. 2.2.13 on a Gentoo Box. Mail users are virtual, data for them is stored in a MySQL-DB, Sieve is enabled and deliver is the LDA in conjunction with Postfix. This setup has been running for a few years now without problems, the configuration works. Some weeks ago the setup was still on a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS box, and Dovecot was v. 2.0.9. I've installed a Tomcat there with Solr and configured the FTS-Solr plugin from Dovecot. Worked like a charm without any problems at all. Now the same setup on the Gentoo box does not work at all; either indexer-worker does not find the directory or is just indexing 0 messages. Solr is also installed again (v. 3.6.0) on Tomcat, and Solr is running properly. I checked it with my browser and the logs, they are showing no errors. gentoo ~ # dovecot --version 2.2.13 dovecot -n: http://pastebin.com/NqLfrbp8 dovecot-sql.conf: http://pastebin.com/KLf4pjJZ Debug log. Nov 11 20:12:14 kraftzwerg dovecot: indexer-worker: Debug: auth input: mail(a)marc-stuermer.de home=/var/kunden/mail/ mail=maildir:marc/mail@marc-stuermer.de/ uid=9997 gid=9997 Nov 11 20:12:14 kraftzwerg dovecot: indexer-worker: Debug: Added userdb setting: mail=maildir:marc/mail@marc-stuermer.de/ Nov 11 20:12:14 kraftzwerg dovecot: indexer-worker(mail(a)marc-stuermer.de): Debug: Effective uid=9997, gid=9997, home=/var/kunden/mail/ Nov 11 20:12:14 kraftzwerg dovecot: indexer-worker(mail(a)marc-stuermer.de): Debug: Namespace : type=private, prefix=INBOX., sep=., inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=maildir:marc/mail@marc-stuermer.de/ Nov 11 20:12:14 kraftzwerg dovecot: indexer-worker(mail(a)marc-stuermer.de): Debug: maildir++: root=marc/mail(a)marc-stuermer.de, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=marc/mail(a)marc-stuermer.de, alt= Nov 11 20:12:14 kraftzwerg dovecot: indexer-worker(mail(a)marc-stuermer.de): Debug: Namespace INBOX.: marc/mail(a)marc-stuermer.de doesn't exist yet, using default permissions Nov 11 20:12:14 kraftzwerg dovecot: indexer-worker(mail(a)marc-stuermer.de): Debug: Namespace INBOX.: Using permissions from marc/mail(a)marc-stuermer.de: mode=0700 gid=default Nov 11 20:12:14 kraftzwerg dovecot: indexer-worker(mail(a)marc-stuermer.de): Debug: Namespace : type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=no, hidden=yes, list=no, subscriptions=no location=fail::LAYOUT=none Nov 11 20:12:14 kraftzwerg dovecot: indexer-worker(mail(a)marc-stuermer.de): Debug: none: root=, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=, alt= Nov 11 20:12:14 kraftzwerg dovecot: indexer-worker(mail(a)marc-stuermer.de): Debug: Syncing mailbox INBOX.gentoo failed: Mailbox doesn't exist: INBOX.gentoo Nov 11 20:12:14 kraftzwerg dovecot: imap(mail(a)marc-stuermer.de): Error: indexer failed to index mailbox INBOX.gentoo So the question is: where's the error and how to fix it? I am kinda clueless right now. Thanks in advance, Marc

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Virtual User Authentication
by Jerry 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

I have only "virtual users" on the system that I maintain. I am using Postfix which is configured to use Devecot for authentication. I get several attempts everyday to hack into the system, both via Postfix and directly via Dovecot. The following is from the dovecot log: Nov 11 04:14:48 auth-worker(21005): Error: pam(monica,69.193.88.146): pam_authenticate() failed: authentication error (/etc/pam.d/dovecot missing?) Now, I do not use "pam" on this system. Is there a way I can eliminate Dovecot from trying to use it? -- Jerry

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Replication Advice Needed
by Asai 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

I successfully set up Dovecot replication, having 2 servers syncing with each other. While I had both servers in the same room on a Gigabit network, they were syncing fine. But I took one to another location, and syncing was turned off for about 2 weeks. Now I've turned both back on, they're sort of syncing, but not really. The one remote server is not populating emails into various folders and it really should be cranking to sync those emails. Do anyone have any insights on how we could troubleshoot this? -- --Asai

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deliver an email to a large number of local users directly via doveadm
by Mahdi Mahdi 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

Hello,We have a mail service that uses postfix and dovecot. We would like to send an email to a large number of users(about 100K). However, it takes too long to send the email through smtp. Is there any solution to deliver the email locally to all user mailboxes directly.dovecot uses lmtp for transfering local emails. the worst solutoin is that copy the email to all mailboxes via linux file system. But we would prefer to use some tools provided by dovecot like doveadm. is there any way to do this job?

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help by recovering a mailbox - maildir and dovecot 2.2.13
by Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

Hi, an user screwd up his mailbox in such a way, that I dont see how to get it back in the right order. E.g. in the subcriptions file there is a folder Studienjahr 2014 - 2015.Pitchings in the filesystem there this folder is in trash and without spaces between the years: .Trash.Studienjahr 2014-2015.Pitchings in the Filesystem ther is no folder Studienjahr 2014-2015 Currently he uses our sogo as email client ant there are some folders to showing up but some are empty, some cant be deleted ... So any help and suggestion in recovering this structure is welcome! Regards . Götz -- Götz Reinicke IT-Koordinator Tel. +49 7141 969 82 420 E-Mail goetz.reinicke(a)filmakademie.de Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH Akademiehof 10 71638 Ludwigsburg www.filmakademie.de Eintragung Amtsgericht Stuttgart HRB 205016 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Jürgen Walter MdL Staatssekretär im Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg Geschäftsführer: Prof. Thomas Schadt

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